Jump to content

Manatee

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge

Manatees
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-Recent
2.5–0 Ma
[1]
Antillean manatee
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Sirenia
Faimily: Trichechidae
Gill, 1872
Genus: Trichechus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

Trichechus inunguis
Trichechus manatus
Trichechus senegalensis
Trichechus "pygmaeus" (validity quaistienable)

Manatees (faimily Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are muckle, fully aquatic, maistly yerbivorous marine mammals.

References

[eedit | eedit soorce]
  1. "Trichechus Linnaeus 1758 (manatee)". Fossilworks.org. Archived frae the original on 17 Apryle 2019. Retrieved 17 Julie 2019.